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Weekly podcast: ICS attacks, Reddit and SIM swap arrests

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 10 August. Cybereason’s researchers recently set up a honeypot environment with a network architecture that replicated that of “typical power substation” and waited. Here are this week’s stories. This asset was then, it seems, listed for sale on the xDedic black market.

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Bad Packets warns of over 14,500 Pulse secure VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510

Security Affairs

“Unauthenticated remote attacker with network access via HTTPS can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability.” The scanning activity detected by the honeypots of BadPackets was originated from a host in Spain, threat actors aim at gaining access into the private VPN network. ??????????????

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Threat actors are attempting to exploit recently fixed F5 BIG-IP flaw

Security Affairs

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. The attacks against Warren’s honeypots originated from five different IP addresses.

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Australian Govt agency ACSC warns of Emotet and BlueKeep attacks

Security Affairs

The Australian agency also warns of Emotet campaigns that in the last months hit the country posing a significant threat for both organizations and government offices. “We are also concerned about reports cybercriminals are exploiting the BlueKeep vulnerability to access computers and control them without the users’ knowledge.”

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Log4Shell Exploitation Grows as Cybersecurity Firms Scramble to Contain Threat

eSecurity Planet

CISA Director Jen Easterly said in a statement over the weekend that the agency has created a Joint Cyber Defense Collaboration senior leadership group to coordinate actions within the government – including the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) – and private sector to manage the risk. At the time of publication [Dec. Botnets Strike.

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5 Best Bot Protection Solutions and Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

Key Features Advanced bot detection: DataDome uses machine learning algorithms to detect bots in real-time and block them from accessing websites. This is crucial to avoid blocking genuine users from accessing your website or application while still preventing bot attacks.

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The Information Management Umbrella

Brandeis Records Manager

I recently presented an RM program review to my Brandeis library colleagues and noted this rather strange RM fit: humanities research, cultural heritage, instructional design, open scholarly access, and… RETENTION SCHEDULE?! It’s relatively accessible to the layperson. A business suit among tie-dyes and flip-flops.